Editing Michael Dukakis (section)

==Early life and education==
Dukakis was born in [[Brookline, Massachusetts]], on November 3, 1933.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://edition.cnn.com/2013/09/26/politics/michael-dukakis-fast-facts/index.html|title = Michael Dukakis Fast Facts|work = [[CNN]]|date = September 26, 2013|accessdate = April 7, 2025}}</ref> His father Panos (1896–1979) was a Greek immigrant from [[Edremit, Balıkesir|Edremit]] in [[Turkey]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geni.com/people/Panos-Dukakis/6000000024679216653|title=Panos Dukakis|website=geni_family_tree|date=January 15, 1896 |access-date=May 2, 2021|archive-date=May 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502090736/https://www.geni.com/people/Panos-Dukakis/6000000024679216653|url-status=live}}</ref> Panos Dukakis settled in [[Lowell, Massachusetts]], in 1912, and graduated from [[Harvard Medical School]] twelve years later, subsequently working as an [[Obstetrics|obstetrician]]. Dukakis's mother Euterpe (née Boukis; 1903–2003) was born in [[Larissa]], to [[Aromanians|Aromanian]] parents from [[Vrysochori]].<ref name=NYT>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/17/us/campaign-trail-tapping-another-ethnic-group.html | author=Bernard Weinraub | title=Campaign Trail; Tapping Another Ethnic Group | work=[[The New York Times]] | date=October 17, 1988 | access-date=August 24, 2008 | archive-date=November 5, 2012 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105042704/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/10/17/us/campaign-trail-tapping-another-ethnic-group.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Charles C. Moskos 1989 176">{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mcTvNg77kp4C&pg=PA176|title= Greek Americans: Struggle and Success|edition=2nd|author=Charles C. Moskos|page=176|publisher=Transaction Publishers|date=1989|isbn=0-88738-778-0|access-date=April 5, 2015}}</ref> She and her family emigrated to [[Haverhill, Massachusetts]], in 1913.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/news/daily/03/dukakis.htm |title=Euterpe Dukakis, mother of former Mass. governor, dies at 99 |agency=Associated Press |date=April 3, 2003 |newspaper=The Boston Globe |access-date=January 31, 2014 |archive-date=February 2, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202230430/http://www.boston.com/news/daily/03/dukakis.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:Michael Dukakis Korea 1956.jpg|thumb|right|Dukakis off duty at a gun emplacement overlooking UN Command Military Armistice Commission base camp at Munsan-ni Korea 1956.]]
Dukakis attended [[Brookline High School]] in his hometown,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/23/opinion/fanfares-for-michael-dukakis.html "Fanfares for Michael Dukakis"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202120617/http://www.nytimes.com/1988/07/23/opinion/fanfares-for-michael-dukakis.html |date=February 2, 2017 }}, ''[[The New York Times]]'', July 23, 1988. Retrieved February 5, 2008. "And then the candidate, once a trumpeter in the Brookline High School band, took the podium and performed his own Fanfare for the Common Man."</ref> where he was an honor student and a member of the basketball, baseball, tennis, and cross-country teams.<ref>{{Cite book | last=Ruttman | first=Larry | year=2005 | url=http://www.voicesofbrookline.com/ | title=Voices of Brookline | publisher=Peter E. Randall Publisher LLC | location=Portsmouth, New Hampshire | page=195 | isbn=1-931807-39-6 | access-date=December 30, 2013 | archive-date=January 4, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140104203015/http://voicesofbrookline.com/ | url-status=live }}</ref> As a 17-year-old senior in high school, he ran the [[Boston Marathon]].<ref name=trash>{{cite news | url = http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2015/10/27/mike-dukakis-picks-up-trash/ | title = Talking Trash with Mike Dukakis | first = Garrett | last = Quinn | work = [[Boston (magazine)|Boston]] | issue = November 2015 | access-date = October 28, 2015 | archive-date = October 29, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151029135417/http://www.bostonmagazine.com/news/article/2015/10/27/mike-dukakis-picks-up-trash/ | url-status = live }}</ref> He graduated from [[Swarthmore College]] in 1955 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[political science]]. Although Dukakis had been accepted into [[Harvard Law School]], he chose to enlist in the [[United States Army]]. After basic training at [[Fort Dix]] and advanced individual training at [[Camp Gordon]], he was assigned as radio operator to the 8020th Administrative Unit in [[Munsan]], [[South Korea]]. The unit was a support group to the [[United Nations]] delegation of the Military Armistice Commission<ref name="chicagotribune1988"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northeastern.edu/dukakiscenter/about/kitty-and-michael-dukakis-biographies/ |title=Kitty and Michael Dukakis Biographies |publisher=Northeastern.edu |access-date=September 8, 2016 |archive-date=August 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826225405/http://www.northeastern.edu/dukakiscenter/about/kitty-and-michael-dukakis-biographies/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/15447/DUKAKIS-MILITARY-SERVICE-UNEVENTFUL-SAY-WHAT-FEW-RECORDS-EXIST-AFTER-FIRE.html?pg=all |title=Dukakis' Military Service Uneventful, Say What Few Records Exist After Fire |newspaper=Deseret News |date=August 29, 1988 |access-date=September 8, 2016 |archive-date=September 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913120901/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/15447/DUKAKIS-MILITARY-SERVICE-UNEVENTFUL-SAY-WHAT-FEW-RECORDS-EXIST-AFTER-FIRE.html?pg=all |url-status=dead }}</ref> Dukakis served from 1955 to 1957. He then received his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]] degree from Harvard Law School in 1960. Dukakis is also an [[Eagle Scout (Boy Scouts of America)|Eagle Scout]] and recipient of the [[Distinguished Eagle Scout Award]] from the [[Boy Scouts of America]].<ref name="honor">{{Cite book | last=Townley | first=Alvin | url=http://www.thomasdunnebooks.com/TD_TitleDetail.aspx?ISBN=0312366531 | title=Legacy of Honor: The Values and Influence of America's Eagle Scouts | year=2007 | publisher=St. Martin's Press | location=New York | pages=192–196 | isbn=978-0-312-36653-7 | access-date=December 29, 2006 | archive-date=December 19, 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061219180428/http://www.thomasdunnebooks.com/TD_TitleDetail.aspx?ISBN=0312366531 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Dukakis began his political career as an elected town meeting member in the town of Brookline.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.northeastern.edu/dukakiscenter/about/kitty-and-michael-dukakis-biographies/ |title=Kitty and Michael Dukakis Biographies |publisher=Northeastern.edu |access-date=April 5, 2015 |archive-date=May 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530091034/http://www.northeastern.edu/dukakiscenter/about/kitty-and-michael-dukakis-biographies/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1963, he married [[Kitty Dukakis|Katherine "Kitty" Dickson]] (who adopted his surname), and they remained together until Kitty's death in March 2025.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-03-22 |title=Kitty Dukakis, humanitarian and activist for mental health, dies at 88|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/03/22/kitty-dukakis-michael-alcoholism-mental-health-dead/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>